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The "amazing" list of banished words is "literally" "awesome"

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When "Offramp" host John Rabe's father, Bill, created the list at Lake Superior State University in Michigan he likely didn't know it would thrive nearly 40 years later. As language evolves there should never be a shortage of words and phrases we want to "kick to the curb."

This morning on "AirTalk," I asked listeners to pick the ones they "hate on." We got some good ones, including my overused "unpack," as in "let's unpack that idea." Falling into word patterns can happen so subtly that we don't even know it until someone points it out.